With all-electric CF distribution trucks already in service in tractor and 6×2 rigid form, Paccar subsidiary DAF has now extended its battery-electric range down to the LF urban delivery sector. [...]
Figures suggest major upsurge in agency driver use
Published On: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Statistics released by road transport software provider Aquarius IT have indicated a marked increase in the number of agency drivers used by the firm’s UK customers during the Covid-19 pandemic [...]
An unusual refrigerated curtain-side truck has joined the own-account fleet of Timothy Taylor’s brewery of Keighley, Yorkshire. The brewery uses temperature-controlled transport to ensure its cask beers are maintained as [...]
German trailer giant Schmitz Cargobull (SCB) has launched a range of curtainside trailers with aerodynamic roof profiles. The EcoGeneration range includes two variants with adjustable roofs to suit bulkier loads. [...]
Diesel trucks to reach the end of the road by 2040
Published On: Tuesday 2 February 2021
Europe’s truck makers have agreed to phase out the use of fossil fuels in new vehicles by 2040, with the objective of achieving carbon neutrality in road freight transport by [...]
Delays follow Brexit transition end as Covid crisis rolls on
Published On: Saturday 23 January 2021
The combination of new paperwork requirements owing to changed regulations post-Brexit transition, and the increased severity of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, was continuing to pose major logistical hurdles [...]
Dennis Eagle has put the first production examples of its eCollect electrically-powered refuse collection vehicles into service with Nottingham City Council. The eCollect is said to be the world’s first [...]
Scania (Great Britain) Limited has won a major order for a minimum of 2,250 trucks from Consortium Purchasing, an operation led by William Stobart, Executive Chairman of GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (which [...]
Renault Trucks has extended the ranges of its battery-powered heavy trucks, and introduced a 3.5-tonne version of its electric van. In the heavy truck segment, a new 66 kW/h battery [...]
